# designar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsignāre. Doublet of dissenyar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [də.ziŋˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.ziŋˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designí, past participle designat)
* to designate

#### Related terms

* designació

### Further reading

* “designar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “designar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “designar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “designar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēsignō, dēsignāre. Doublet of deseñar.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designei, past participle designado)
* to designate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* designación

### Further reading

* “designar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “designar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Interlingua
### Verb

designar
* to design

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | designar | designar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | designante | designate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | designa | ha designate |
| active | past | designava | habeva designate |
| active | future | designara | habera designate |
| active | conditional | designarea | haberea designate |
| active | imperative | designa | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es designate | ha essite designate |
| passive | past | esseva designate | habeva essite designate |
| passive | future | essera designate | habera essite designate |
| passive | conditional | esserea designate | haberea essite designate |
| passive | imperative | sia designate | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsignāre. Doublet of desenhar and design.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/ [de.zi.ɡiˈna(h)], /de.ziɡˈna(ʁ)/ [de.ziɡˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/ [de.zi.ɡiˈna(h)], /de.ziɡˈna(ʁ)/ [de.ziɡˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ɾ)/, /de.ziɡˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/ [de.zi.ɡiˈna(χ)], /de.ziɡˈna(ʁ)/ [de.ziɡˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.ziɡˈna(ɻ)/, /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.ziˈɡnaɾ/ [dɨ.ziˈɣnaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.ziˈɡnaɾ/ [dɨ.ziˈɣnaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.ziˈɡna.ɾi/ [dɨ.ziˈɣna.ɾi]

### Verb

designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designei, past participle designado)
* to designate
* to appoint, nominate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsignāre. Doublet of diseñar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /desiɡˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.siɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧sig‧nar

### Verb

designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designé, past participle designado)
* to designate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* designación

### Further reading

* “designar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Verb

designar
* present of designa